Improvement in washing-machine



iii-niiet 'tstet getest I @Mira LettersvPatmt No. 93,173, dated August 3, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINE).

The Schedule referred to inI these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern;

Be it known that I, HEMAN CARTER, of Greene, in the county of Ohenango, and lState of New York,

have invented certain new anduseful 4Improvements in the Manner of Constructing and Covering Rubbing Surfaces for Washing-Machines; and the `fo1lowing`is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation ofthe machine, showing a sectional end view of the rubbing-cylinder, and a base or dat-bottom wash-board, covered in the same manner.

Figure 2 shows a plan or-top view of the machine, the rubbing-cylinder, and wash-board, bottoml in the suds-box.

vThe object of my invention is, to satisfy the public mind that a good, practical, simple, cheap, 'efficient and durable washing-machine can be produced, that will save` at least one-half of the time and labor, and will cleanse thedirtiest parts of a garment as perfectly, and with as little wear as can `be ldone by hand.

My invention consists simply in covering a corrugated rollr, or a corrugated `wash-board, with strips of vulcanized Indiafrubber cloth or flock sheet-rubber,

so that the two raw edges come together and support each other sidewise, while the raw edges are outward to come in .contact with the clothing, or articles to be cleansed.

To enable others to make and use my improved washing-machine, I will describe them more fully, referrin g to the drawings and the letters marked'thereon.

The tub or suds-box A A, may be made of any de'- sired shape or size, in the usual manner.

In the bottom may be tted or placed a corrugatedl wash-board, like those in common use for hand-washing; or a base, B, constructed and covered with strips of sheet-rubber b b b b, in my improved manner, as seen in fig. I. v i I make my improved washing-cylinder C, of hard wood, turned, and corrugated a suiicieut depth to admit and give the `sheet-rubber b b b, a curved form,

when it is secured in the bottom of the corrugations d d d d, so that the. two raw edges c a, of the sheetrubber, will be outward, the under sides coming together to support each other, as the cylinder is rotated or worked back and forth.

It has been tested in the most thorough manner, and practically demonstrates the fact thati-he rubbingcylinder, constructed as above described, with the raw edges supporting each other, they coming in; contact with the clothes, will' wash with more ease, better, and faster, than with any other rubbing-surface that has yet come 'to my knowledge. n

And it has also been demonstrated, that washingby hand on a board constructed inthe manner of the base B, herein described, it can'be done at least onefourth better and/'faster than on any of the ordinary kinds of wash-boards in use. I

I am aware that corrugated rolls, covered with India rubber, have been used before in washing-ma chines.

What I claim as my improvement is- The construction of roller, and bottom of the machine, by which the edges of the rubber are brought in contact with the article to be washed, as shown and described, in washing-machinesl l In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name in the presence of Y HEMAN CARTER.

Witnesses:

NATHAN H. SHORT, LEWIS S. HAYES.y 

